Alison Brie recalls the hilarious in-costume “peeing incident” on the set of ‘Mad Men’

Alison Brie remembers the lengths she went to make a good first impression on one of her first acting jobs.

In a recent episode by Justin Long Life is short Podcast, the actress in which she played the famous Trudy Vogel Mad Men, recalled a hilarious mishap on set when she had to wear a belt with her costume.

“At mad Men “One time there was a pee incident… because we were wearing girdles, which you probably don’t understand what a girdle is, but basically they’re like biker shorts that go up to our ribs and it’s kind of contemporary,” Brie said , 38, told Long about the costumes for the historical drama.

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She then explained that the girdles had a “little hole” that people could pee through because the costume was connected to stockings and would be difficult to pull down when going to the bathroom.

“I didn’t know it in the first season of Mad Men, that you shouldn’t actually wear underwear underneath because it’s underwear,” Brie explained.

One day, the actress realized in her costume that she really needed to go to the bathroom. “So I rushed to get started… mad Men was my first real job, so I never wanted to be the problem person…” horse girl star remembered. “So I rushed to the bathroom… (I) tried to rip open the hole but I didn’t pull my underwear to the side so I pee and I don’t hear it hit the bowl and then I just feel warmth.” “

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Brie tried to solve the problem quickly and didn’t want to be “the problem person.” She further explained that she “just dabbed it with a wad of toilet paper” and returned to the set “because they were waiting for me…” “I don’t want to lose my job,” she said.

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The Palm Springs The actress successfully filmed “several takes” in her wet bodice – the hilarious story had a happy ending.

“Our costume designer (Katherine Jane Bryant) came over and said, ‘You look great!'” Brie recalls. “And I said, ‘Thank you.’ And she asked, ‘What’s wrong?'”

The GLOW Star then told Bryant that she had peed in her belt, to which the costume designer replied, “It wouldn’t be the first time (that’s happened), I’m bringing (a new one) here!”

“She couldn’t have done better,” Brie said.